The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/20 at 02:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 20, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/20 at 02:00 EDT

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Kate Holowariak is the president at Canadian Union of Postal Workers Victoria. She says her members want to lock in a collective agreement with Canada Post and end the months of back and forth talks. Canada Post walked away from the table again last week. I think that's about the third time. The two parties had been working under a collective agreement that was extended after job action before Christmas last year. It expires on Friday. John Hamilton is a spokesperson for Canada Post. He says a report released last week shows the service needs an overhaul.

We need to be making a number of changes, starting with negotiating agreements that reflect the realities of 2025. Both sides say they still hope to return to the bargaining table, but if no agreement is reached, operations including mail and parcel delivery could shut down by the end of the week. Georgie Smythe, CBC News, Vancouver. The White House is asking tough questions about former U.S. President Joe Biden and his cancer diagnosis. President Donald Trump suggests his predecessor tried to hide it.

I think it's very sad, actually. I'm surprised that it wasn't, you know, the public wasn't notified a long time ago. On Sunday, Trump issued a statement of support for Biden, but now the current administration is using the illness to make political attacks. Here's U.S. Vice US Vice President, JD Vance. Why didn't the American people have a better sense of his health picture?

Why didn't the American people have more accurate information about what he was actually dealing with? This is serious stuff. And this is the guy who carries around the nuclear football for the world's largest nuclear arsenal. This is not child's play. Biden's office said he was diagnosed with prostate cancer last Friday. The New Zealand government is delaying a vote on whether to suspend three indigenous politicians

for performing a haka dance during a protest in parliament. Chris Bishop is the government house leader. We are moving to adjourn the debate so that this week can focus rightly on the budget rather than this issue which has occupied far too much of Parliament's time already. Last November the Indigenous MPs performed the ritual to protest a government bill that would have reinterpreted a 184 year old treaty between the British and the local Indigenous people. A parliamentary committee in New Zealand found the between the British and the local indigenous people. Ah, come on now, come on now.

A parliamentary committee in New Zealand found the politicians acted in a manner that could be seen as intimidating other members of the House. The Ontario government is buying two new helicopters to boost security at the border with the US. $57 million has been put aside for the aircraft. One will go to Niagara Regional Police, the other to Windsor Police.

But as Jennifer LaGrasse reports, some officials in Windsor are questioning the purpose and the cost. Through Operation Deterrence, we're doing our part. That's Ontario Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy. The government launched Operation Deterrence at the start of this year to enhance border safety, bolstering border protections ever since US President Donald Trump said it was an issue. Joanne Gignac chairs the Windsor Police Services Board. She was taken aback by the helicopter funding. The devil is always in the details. And those details

will hopefully answer her questions around who is responsible for related costs. But I think for the people of Windsor to have to assume the cost of operating a helicopter is naturally concerning. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police already have a number of helicopters dedicated to border patrol. The provincial government didn't respond to a request for comment, but in separate statements, the police chiefs for both Niagara and Windsor said they're grateful for the investment and that helicopters will allow them to better keep their communities safe.

Jennifer LaGrasa, CBC News, Windsor, Ontario. And that is your World This Hour. I'm Neil Herland.